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When Jazz Was Immoral
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lil Armstrong
the 1920s the watchful eye of a moralist group of private citizens known as the Chicago Vigilance Committee delivered an urgent message to the pub...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eunice Lipton – "Seduced by France"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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French Seduction: An American’s Encounter with France, Her Father, and the Holocaust. In a passionate blend of autobiography and cultural history,...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:35
Matt Ridley– " Nature or Nurture?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Genome & Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human Are we humans defined by nature or nurture? Matt Ridley, the author of “Gen...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Tim Stoen– "Litigation to Save Old Growth Redwoods"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The California law prohibiting unfair business practices is the basis for the 2003 lawsuit brought against the Pacific Lumber Company by the People...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
From: New Letters on the Air
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U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (2019-2021) talks about her Native American heritage and reads poetry from her multi-award-winning book IN MAD LOVE AN...

Bought by KBIA, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hawk or Bean
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Coleman Hawkins
"The man for whom Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone." That is how Coleman Hawkins was introduced at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival. This program i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Jones- "Tracing The Y Chromosome"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteri...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Celebrating the late great pianist Hank Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Hank Jones, Credit: Tom Pich
In celebration of Black History month, we mined the archives and revisited our interview with the late pianist and NEA Jazz Master Hank Jones.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 4
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
220115 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song on Saturday Night New Orleans Radio
Caption: Jumping Bill Carlisle
The first rock and roll song is centered in the post World War II era when a new music captured the imagination and hope of people in the US and ar...

Bought by KCHU, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:02
  • Purchases: 6
George Mann & Julius Margolin – "Union Folk Songs"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Julius Margolin and George Mann, two men separated in age by almost 46 years, are what might be called traveling troubadours. They carry the messag...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Dr. Dana Chidekel – You or Your Kid?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Parents in Charge, Setting Healthy, Loving Boundaries for You and Your Child Children are too often seen and treated as small adults, too often dr...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
The Sound of The Sun
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry matched to music about nature.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2021
  • Length: 55:12
The Past American Voice of Playwright August Wilson
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Black History Month, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR revisits this program with the late August Wilson. FENCES, his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winnin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WDCB, and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
"Nicolas Bothman – Get Along Well"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less Making people like you is a skill that anybody can learn. By reading body language and synchroni...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
"Mary Catherine Bateson – Do We Really Know the People Around Us?"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Mary Catherine Bateson, author of "“Full Circles: Overlapping Lives, Culture and Generation in Transitio...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Stuart Shanker - The First Idea
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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"The First Idea: How Symbols, Language and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans," is a book by professors Stanley Green...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Dalton, Joan — Dogs in Juvenile Hall
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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I once had the good fortune of seeing “If Animals Could Talk,” a movie made by Jane Goodall. A segment was about The MacLaren Youth Correctional Fa...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voting, Indigenous Languages, and Wildlife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote? Topic 2: Photography is Capturing the Faces of the Last Remaining Speakers of Indigenous Languages. Topi...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #116 - "Songwriters At Sea" - Part 4 (John Hiatt / Tift Merritt)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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The fourth in a series of programs that features interviews and music with some of the top names in Americana music over the last 20 years who, in ...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUPR low power FM, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Passion for Solitude (revised and Edited 2023)
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music which explores the gifts of the solitary life.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2020
  • Length: 02:00:58
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Gurian – Let Boys Be Boys Part Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Michael Gurian – Let Boys Be Boys
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Wonder of Boys & A Fine Young Man Boys do not have an easy time growing up and maturing in our complex world these days. The same standard of ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Duets
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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A dozen duets to celebrate musical companionship.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:08
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #98 - Open Mic Folk Series Pt. 3
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Three musical acts are featured - Sisters Morales, Irene Farerra and Bonnie Bluhm - from recordings made by Paul Ingles during the 1999 Folk Allian...

Bought by North State Public Radio, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, and KSJE


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4